‘Carantanian / Köttlach’ jewellery from southwest Slovakia and from the other parts of the Carpathian Basin. In the Slovak and Hungarian archaeological literature, a small group of early medieval jewellery from southwest Slovakia was labelled as being of ‘Carantanian / Köttlach’ provenance, meaning that it originated from Eastern Alps region (today’s Austria and Slovenia). The goal of the article is a revision of the issue of provenance in the context of analogous finds from Moravia and the Carpathian Basin (i.e. today’s Hungary, western Romania and northeastern Croatia). The provenenace from the Eastern Alps region can be confirmed in the case of several Slovak finds only, the others are of local origin. Also, from the point of view of chronology, we are dealing with a relatively heterogenous group of jewellery, with a date-range from the turn of the 8th-9th centuries to the 11th century. The author tries to demonstrate that the argument in the middle of the 20th century and later about the ‘influences from the Eastern Alps region’ was dependent on the state of archaeological research at that time. It was a viewpoint that over-emphasised the importance of early medieval ‘Köttlach culture’ in Eastern Alps region, especially for the spreading of some jewellery types to other regions of middle and southeastern Europe., Šimon Ungerman., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
In the southern part of the O´swi˛ecim Basin, in the Ko´nczyce Wielkie gravel-pit, we can find outcrops of Quaternary deposits with varied geological histories. The lower fluvial sequence is covered with glacigenic sediments. The glacigenic deposits occurring below the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary and interglacial sediments are older than the Cromerian Complex. This ice-sheet advance, in its maximum extent in southern Poland, is correlated with the Günz, i.e. pre-Cromerian glaciation in Western Europe. Cultural material was located within fluvial sands with fine-grained gravels, below a layer of diamikton – interpreted as till – and underneath the boulder pavement – an equivalent of diamikton. Raw materials inventory include local flint and hornstone, foreign flint, hornstone, quartzite, opalite, gneiss granite. Among the artifacts are macrolithic and microlithic cores, flakes and tools. The pebbles, flakes and microlithic-flakes were base for making the tools., Eugeniusz Foltyn ... [et al.]., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
The article presents visualization options for archaeological sites employing a manual GPS receiver and a methodology for creating maps on the basis of surface finds using the MapSource program. Sophisticated analytical databases make it possible to examine the distribution and spatial relationships of different types of archaeological finds. Spatial data from the analytical database of MapSource were treated using open source statistical package R., Martin Kuča, Petr Matějec, Lubomír Prokeš., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
This arčcicle present analysis of a teat number of palaeobotanic samples from 13 historic plots, archaeologiccally excavated 1983 - 1992 in the town of Brno. On this outstandingly large archaeobtanic material changes of the pectrum of plant remains were reviewed for the high medieval ages (and Postmedieval period). For the first time in the Czech Republic this large number of sampled featrues (mainly cesspits) enabled to conclusively monitor the vaying importance of certain utility plant species during a long time span. Also changes in accompaying weed vegetation, icnicating the origins and agrotechniques of cultivated plants were observed. Spectrum of the local synanthrope vegetation fefelct improving hygienic situation within the inbuilt area of Brno town. Timbre/charcoal analysis consclusively refelcts variable sources of wood/ charcoal for the medieval (Postmedieval) town., Petr Kočár, Romana Kočárová, Emanuel Opravil, Rudolf Procházka., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Častá změna podnázvu, Cizojazyčné soub. názvy do r. 1956, Od r. 1953 Praha : ČSAV, Od r. 1966 Praha : Academia, and 1992 Praha : Archeologický úst. ČSAV
This work presents all known bronze and iron bracelets, armlets and leglets discovered in Czech Silesia and originating from the Lusatian culture, which chronologically corresponds to the end of the Bronze Age and beginning of the Iron Age., Jiří Juchelka., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Early Eneolithic settlement on the bed of the Plumlov Reservoir. In 2011, archaeological research was carried out on prehistoric habitation, which came to light during the removal of sediments from the fl oor of the Plumlov Reservoir. The relics of prehistoric habitation were found on former right bank of the river Hloučela, bordered from the south by the Myslejovice Ridge which is part of the Drahany Upland. The geomorphology of the landscape in this area reminds of a natural amphitheatre, whose mouth was occupied in prehistoric times. The research conducted has proved Neolithic, Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age habitation. This paper pays attention in particular to Early Eneolithic habitation, namely to late Lengyel and Epi-Lengyel relics. From the point of view of relative chronology, the Early Eneolithic habitation falls within a time span delimited by the II phase of Moravian Painted Ware Culture on the one side and the latest phase of the Jordanów culture on the other side. It is one of the few examples of continuous human habitation during the entire Early Eneolithic period., Miroslav Šmíd., and Obsahuje seznam literatury.
The use of metal detecting devices by the general public and the resultant plundering of archaeological sites is still one of the most painful issues in Czech archaeology. No simple or satisfactory solutions have been found. The aim of this paper is to objectively summarise the last 25 years of unrestricted use of metal detectors in the Czech Republic and its impact on the archaeological component of cultural heritage and on archaeology itself. The paper presents a quantitative model of metal detecting activities sourced from the available data. The results are employed to illustrate the effect of metal detecting activities on archaeological knowledge and to outline some related theoretical and methodological questions., Aleš Navrátil., and Obsahuje seznam literatury